Founding Partner Matthew Bedward has been working with client TAG Aviation since winning a limited competition in 2000 while Design Director of a previous practice. The family of buildings have won many awards including a 2007 RIBA award. Since forming bblur architecture, TAG Aviation commissioned several additional projects including a new Ground Support Facility for TAG Farnborough Airport. This project completes the master plan for the airport. The sculptural yet functional form creates a very cost effective and evocative solution for an unglamorous function. The design develops the language of a ‘TAG family’ of buildings. Using a palette of mill finished aluminium and clear glazing and a strong relationship with the airports distinctive landscape. The design strategy of the 2800m2 building improves operational efficiency and capacity by removing a bottleneck in the taxiway created by an outdated hangar. The fluid form building houses all air-side vehicles at the airport and removes the inevitable visual clutter that accumulates around airports by screening equipment and vehicles behind carefully placed landscape bunds. The scheme contributes to the vision of an architecture that captures the romance, technology and excitement of flight and emphasises Farnborough as a distinctive place from which to travel. The quality of the architecture has been recognised by Hollywood with the airport featuring in the James Bond film ‘The Quantum of Solace’ and in ‘Inception.’